Greg Shaw
@zenmousegreg.bsky.social
(he/him) Physicist, software engineer, atheist, vegan, Zen practitioner, prog/dub/metal/punk/silence type. Englishman, pro-EU (UK needs to Rejoin ASAP). Oh, and cats. Definitely cats.
It bugs me that "Where's yer poppy?" attacks, which flag shaggers use to imply a lack of "proper" remembrance, are always made against people (usually political enemies), but never against the massive corporations which flood all media with Christmas ads before Remembrance/Armistice days.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It bugs me that "Where's yer poppy?" attacks, which flag shaggers use to imply a lack of "proper" remembrance, are always made against people (usually political enemies), but never against the massive corporations which flood all media with Christmas ads before Remembrance/Armistice days.
Also this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_(no...
Web (novel) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Also this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_(no...
Ever read John Wyndham's novel "Web"? 😁
November 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Ever read John Wyndham's novel "Web"? 😁
You'd have to be a real rube to actually believe that any citizen will ever see some or all of that $2000 "dividend". Felon 47 will have forgotten all about it by tomorrow, and even while he remembers, he has no intention of ever doing it. Maybe "in two weeks", eh? Yeah, right, Donny.
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
You'd have to be a real rube to actually believe that any citizen will ever see some or all of that $2000 "dividend". Felon 47 will have forgotten all about it by tomorrow, and even while he remembers, he has no intention of ever doing it. Maybe "in two weeks", eh? Yeah, right, Donny.
This is the "serious and systemic" bias that Davie ought to have resigned over, in June: bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
bylinetimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is the "serious and systemic" bias that Davie ought to have resigned over, in June: bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
"Greetings, valued customer! You have activated my ten foot range smile trigger! I smile at you! Greetings, valued customer!"
"Greetings, valued customer! You have activated my four foot range health inquiry trigger! Please inform me of your well being! It is my pleasure to listen!"
That'll work.
"Greetings, valued customer! You have activated my four foot range health inquiry trigger! Please inform me of your well being! It is my pleasure to listen!"
That'll work.
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"Greetings, valued customer! You have activated my ten foot range smile trigger! I smile at you! Greetings, valued customer!"
"Greetings, valued customer! You have activated my four foot range health inquiry trigger! Please inform me of your well being! It is my pleasure to listen!"
That'll work.
"Greetings, valued customer! You have activated my four foot range health inquiry trigger! Please inform me of your well being! It is my pleasure to listen!"
That'll work.
I think when people are against multiculturalism, their idea of not being racist consists of never admitting to or confronting their racism. They imagine that they keep their minds free of racist thoughts if they never have to interact with or think about other cultures.
November 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I think when people are against multiculturalism, their idea of not being racist consists of never admitting to or confronting their racism. They imagine that they keep their minds free of racist thoughts if they never have to interact with or think about other cultures.
I visited Essex in 2020 or 2021 (I try to blank out the details). It was just WRONG. The countryside was the wrong shape, and all the towns were weird. Couldn't wait to get back to Yorkshire. Good luck there.
November 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I visited Essex in 2020 or 2021 (I try to blank out the details). It was just WRONG. The countryside was the wrong shape, and all the towns were weird. Couldn't wait to get back to Yorkshire. Good luck there.
Karp was happy to take the money from the stock market sharks' activities when they liked him and were shorting other businesses. Now the sharks have turned on him, he's not so keen. Market forces, Mr Karp, market forces. Nothing personal, you understand, just the way the world is.
November 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Karp was happy to take the money from the stock market sharks' activities when they liked him and were shorting other businesses. Now the sharks have turned on him, he's not so keen. Market forces, Mr Karp, market forces. Nothing personal, you understand, just the way the world is.
Oh, yes, that's what we need - an ex-Reformer suing the party over being kicked out! Yes! Do it! Let's see how Reform UK Ltd's famed "sub whelk stall" level of organisational process deals with this one, and which billionaire overseas backers they need to beg for money for legal fees.
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Oh, yes, that's what we need - an ex-Reformer suing the party over being kicked out! Yes! Do it! Let's see how Reform UK Ltd's famed "sub whelk stall" level of organisational process deals with this one, and which billionaire overseas backers they need to beg for money for legal fees.
British man here. No love for Mace, but please be wary of the Daily Mail. It's not a reliable source of news; it favours emotion over facts, and it has a nasty anti-immigrant right wing agenda. Wikipedia doesn't accept Daily Mail articles as reliable citations - that's how bad it is!
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
British man here. No love for Mace, but please be wary of the Daily Mail. It's not a reliable source of news; it favours emotion over facts, and it has a nasty anti-immigrant right wing agenda. Wikipedia doesn't accept Daily Mail articles as reliable citations - that's how bad it is!
I wonder that, too. I hope so; but the problem is that all these losses of one or two councillors don't make the headlines, whereas the initial election victories very much did. I fear that anyone who doesn't pay attention to the news might still think Reform Ltd are a competent party of government.
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I wonder that, too. I hope so; but the problem is that all these losses of one or two councillors don't make the headlines, whereas the initial election victories very much did. I fear that anyone who doesn't pay attention to the news might still think Reform Ltd are a competent party of government.
There's probably a lot of leakage on the chairs which he uses, too. They'll all need to be reupholstered and deep cleaned.
November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
There's probably a lot of leakage on the chairs which he uses, too. They'll all need to be reupholstered and deep cleaned.
I was at a counter-demo in July 2024, against one of the rallies which became known as the Farage Riots. The Faragists chanted at us "You're not English any more!" - so, according to them, even a whitey who doesn't agree with them can lose their English status. It's all about exclusion for them.
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I was at a counter-demo in July 2024, against one of the rallies which became known as the Farage Riots. The Faragists chanted at us "You're not English any more!" - so, according to them, even a whitey who doesn't agree with them can lose their English status. It's all about exclusion for them.
Six weeks for a set of Quick Tracks from Poland to arrive in Leeds. Fuck Brexit. Anyone who still thinks it was a good idea needs their head examined. Bruce Dickinson can go and fuck himself.
November 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Six weeks for a set of Quick Tracks from Poland to arrive in Leeds. Fuck Brexit. Anyone who still thinks it was a good idea needs their head examined. Bruce Dickinson can go and fuck himself.
Not "rich" at all - you have as much right as anyone to say that, and probably more knowledge and experience than many, to back up your opinion. I've been atheist all my life, yet it saddens and worries me that the Christian Right are working to destroy all the good aspects of Christianity.
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Not "rich" at all - you have as much right as anyone to say that, and probably more knowledge and experience than many, to back up your opinion. I've been atheist all my life, yet it saddens and worries me that the Christian Right are working to destroy all the good aspects of Christianity.
What a great word! I've learnt something - thank you.
November 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
What a great word! I've learnt something - thank you.
Felon 47 and his cronies have a track record of bringing bullshit legal cases which can't succeed, just to gum up the courts, waste time and impoverish defendants with legal fees. They'll use this "lawfare" method to challenge an election result sooner or later - might as well be now.
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Felon 47 and his cronies have a track record of bringing bullshit legal cases which can't succeed, just to gum up the courts, waste time and impoverish defendants with legal fees. They'll use this "lawfare" method to challenge an election result sooner or later - might as well be now.
"We decided that the evidence wasn't exculpatory, so we destroyed it - why would anyone want to see it, if we say it wasn't exculpatory? Anyway, you can still look at the defendant's car, which has been preserved. That's useful evidence for you, so chill out. But our car wasn't useful evidence."
November 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"We decided that the evidence wasn't exculpatory, so we destroyed it - why would anyone want to see it, if we say it wasn't exculpatory? Anyway, you can still look at the defendant's car, which has been preserved. That's useful evidence for you, so chill out. But our car wasn't useful evidence."
He might have immunity from prosecution, but the people who violate a court order by following his instructions don't.
November 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
He might have immunity from prosecution, but the people who violate a court order by following his instructions don't.
My dad, a High Church Anglican, used to delight in reminding us that Advent is traditionally a season of penance, fasting and austerity, too - not a celebratory head start on the overindulgence of Christmas itself. I'm atheist, but I still like to pass on that information to all around me. 😁
November 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
My dad, a High Church Anglican, used to delight in reminding us that Advent is traditionally a season of penance, fasting and austerity, too - not a celebratory head start on the overindulgence of Christmas itself. I'm atheist, but I still like to pass on that information to all around me. 😁
Computers do indeed recognise both +0 and -0. It seems like bullshit, but it's true. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signed_...
I think we need clarity from film-makers on whether "Godzilla" is explicitly to be referred to as "Godzilla +0.0" now, though. Ambiguity just makes a mockery of the situation.
I think we need clarity from film-makers on whether "Godzilla" is explicitly to be referred to as "Godzilla +0.0" now, though. Ambiguity just makes a mockery of the situation.
Signed zero - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Computers do indeed recognise both +0 and -0. It seems like bullshit, but it's true. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signed_...
I think we need clarity from film-makers on whether "Godzilla" is explicitly to be referred to as "Godzilla +0.0" now, though. Ambiguity just makes a mockery of the situation.
I think we need clarity from film-makers on whether "Godzilla" is explicitly to be referred to as "Godzilla +0.0" now, though. Ambiguity just makes a mockery of the situation.